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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FinalSonicX" data-source="post: 5890454" data-attributes="member: 63787">I'm very interested in 5e but I do have to say that it needs to be good to convince me to abandon my current homebrew 3.5 system.I loved 2e, 3.5, and PF, but haven't played anything before 2nd ed. I still play all of them and enjoy them, but ultimately they serve me in different capacities as a player and as a DM.first and foremost, I'm a DM. I DM 3.5 with my own homebrew modifications because it gives me the ease of use and ease of modification that I want - and it's easy to look at and understand the math or at least the patterns. It's highly flexible IMO. I like PF because it takes 3.5 and runs with it while cleaning up a few messy parts. That said, it still has flaws.As a player, I play 3.5/PF but also a ton of 2e. I like 2e for the style it presents - it's a very different experience from 3.5 and it's enjoyable to me while playing but I don't think I would ever DM it because the math looks unwieldy and overall I just dislike large portions of the core system design (particularly the resolution mechanics and inconsistency in various areas).Beyond all of this there's the issue of "backwards compatibility". For me to convert, the system needs to be flexible enough that I feel like I can add onto it as a player or a DM without a lot of fuss and without having to purchase a ton of books. I want to be able to carry all my stuff I've made for previous editions into the new edition (with some modifications of course) and not have any major problems. 4e I feel was too much like "starting over" in this regard and that was a major limiting factor when I was considering whether or not to convert to it.what I'm trying to say here is that I'm waiting and seeing. Things sound interesting so far, but there are ultimately 3 outcomes of 5e's release for me: either I love the system and love the style/play experience and it becomes my standard DM and Player system of choice (it would really have to wow me), or I love the experience but dislike the system (in which case I'd play it as a player but not DM probably), or I dislike it as a system and as a game and I discard it entirely and wait for whatever comes next before I take another look. Here's to hoping it's one of the first two outcomes!</blockquote>

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